y

adj : (suffix) resembling or characteristic of something

specified; "the `ish' in `boyish enthusiasm' and the

`ly' in `housewifely duties' and the `y' in `a long

horsy face' are all suffixes with similar semantic

import" [syn: {ish(ip)}, {ly(ip)}, {y(ip)}]

n : a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth

minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys [syn: {yttrium},

{Y}, {atomic number 39}]

Y

1. General purpose language syntactically like {RATFOR},

semantically like {C}. Lacks structures and pointers. Used

as a source language for Jack W. Davidson and Christopher

W. Fraser's peephole optimiser which inspired {GCC} {RTL} and

other optimisation ideas.

{(ftp://ftp.cs.princeton.edu/pub/y:po.tar.Z)}. It is a copy

of the original distribution from the {University of Arizona}

during the early 80's, totally unsupported.

["The Y Programming Language", D.R. Hanson, SIGPLAN Notices

16(2):59-68 (Feb 1981)].

[Jack W. Davidson and Christopher W. Fraser, "The Design and

Application of a Retargetable Peephole Optimiser", TOPLAS,

Apr. 1980].

[Jack W. Davidson, "Simplifying Code Through Peephole

Optimisation" Technical Report TR81-19, The University of

Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1981].

[Jack W. Davidson and Christopher W. Fraser, "Register

Allocation and Exhaustive Peephole Optimisation"

Software-Practice and Experience, Sep. 1984].

2. See {fixed point combinator}.